We Made It To St. Louis and Saw the Arch!

Many years ago, my mom bought "Wonders of the World: 100 Great Man-Made Treasures of Civilization." She bought copies for me and my brother and thus began a quest to see as many man-made wonders as possible.

Brother Alex went on two round-the-world trips and has seen nearly 70 wonders, including Potola Palace in Tibet and Machu Picchu in Peru. Mom retired from United and has seen 50 wonders. Me, I've seen a paltry 20 wonders and I consider myself well traveled!

The St. Louis Arch was the last US wonder that mom had not seen. So when I had the opportunity to do a sales presentation in St. Louis, I jumped at the chance. Alex was scheduled to come with as my Creative Director. Orbitz was good to us and I was able to get mom and CJ relatively inexpensive tickets. We just got lucky that CJ didn't have school on Friday because of a teacher workday.


So last Friday and Saturday, we got to visit the St. Louis Arch. It's big, really pretty, and really impressive. We saw it during the evening and during the morning. CJ, Alex and I took the little ride to the top of the Arch, but mom declined because of her claustrophobia and she was afraid the stairs.

We visited the museum, which had a terrific exhibit on the Lewis and Clark expedition. And we visited the museum store, of course!

We didn't get to try toasted ravioli, so maybe next time!